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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #483 |
| Vocational/Entrepreneurial Program for Juvenile Offenders |
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| Requester: |
Yoland Sue Anthony |
Organization: |
North American Family Institute |
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| Project Title: |
Vocational/Entrepreneurial Program for Juvenile Offenders |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2005 10:19:34 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Peaden |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| To increse the vocational competency of clients in the Juvenile Justice system and teach business skills. This project will help prepare clients to return to their community and become more responsible individuals, thereby lowering the recidivism rate and the cost to the state. |
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| Recipient: |
Eddie Morgan, Program Director NAFI/DFS |
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Contact: |
Yolanda Sue Anthony |
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286 Gene Hurley Road |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 537-4653 |
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DeFuniak Springs 32435 |
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Contact email: |
sueanthony@nafi.com |
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| Counties: |
Walton, {Statewide} |
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| Gov't Entity: |
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Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
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| Project Description: |
| NAFI intends to design and implement and entrepreneurial program to teach youth business and vocational skills. It will provide residents with expanded opportunities to control their own destinies upon graduation from the program. They will have the opportunity to learn carpentry skills through craft making; learn aqua culture (fish farming); and agriculture, growing plants and vegetables. Residents will also have the opportunity to market their products to local vendors and learn the ins and outs of running their own business. |
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| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| 95% of NAFI clients will graduate from the vocational/Entrepreneurial program. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$257,526 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$321,912 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Private |
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Cash Amount |
$ |
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In-kind Amount |
$64,386 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Yes |
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Amount: |
$257,526 |
To Fund: |
Operations |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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No |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
FL Depart. of Correc. article on Institutional Programs - Accomplishing Change. Florida DOC Recidiv |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
DeFuniak Springs City Council |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
12/13/2004 |
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| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
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No |
